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agree that if vando can stay on the court, he solves a ton of problems we had last year. gabe, too. roles and fit matter.

and it's a bummer that we lost both for what may have been the last year of good health for lebron and AD simultaneously.

 

No kidding, that was infuriating. Just to get a "shooter"....I swear, many of us here are better GMs.

 

And there was a stat that he is the league’s best 1on1 defender on jokic. Ouch

 

Yeah Magic and Rob weren’t going to pay to give him the post rookie contract because the cap space they wanted to have after trading for AD and going after Snake too, if I recall correctly, and agree they couldn’t have done it worse. Same thing with Randle and Lopez?

Plus who knows …. if Zu was still here that summer when the AD trade did happen after Magic bailed on the team …. maybe Pels demanded him instead of Hart?

 

yeah it was more because of kawhi than AD

randle was a casualty of the possibility of lebron coming + cap space for AD/kawhi. i recall he wanted to stay but once lebron came he changed his mind. i think the lakers actually handled that one well by letting him go where he wanted. lopez was another major bungle by the FO

 

Brook was the loss, he'd still be here today.

 

Yeah. Brook should be a Laker.

 

Sources: Free agent guard Jordan Goodwin has agree to a camp deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jordan Goodwin is coming off a season where he spent time with the Memphis Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns.

He finished the year with averages of 6.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest while shooting 36.9% from the field and 29.8% from the three-point range in 57 games.


Goodwin was one of the top free agents available and will now have the chance to compete for a roster spot in Los Angeles during training camp. In 121 career NBA appearances, Goodwin holds regular-season averages of 6.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists

 

didn't he kill us one game last year?

wait--looked it up. i think he played a good half against us early with phx then scored 23 against us when playing for memphis late in the season. both not super efficient outings. not sure why we need another guard, even for training camp.

 

Gabe insurance? Scary...
More likely, JHS may not be ready in training camp

He's a good defender

We should bring to camp guards who play offense only, so they kill our backcourt and we address the issues sooner

 

How bout .... We should bring to camp BIG centers who play offense only, so they kill our non AD front court and we address the issue sooner? Oh wait.

 

Rob loves guards..the more the merrier. Whatever happened to that guy we picked up from Portland a few seasons ago? Can't think of his name now, but he lit us up that season in a game up there, and we signed him to a couple of 10 day contracts I believe.

 

https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-n...nding-voluntary-workouts-adds-fuel-trade-fire

if this was happening in a franchise anyone cared about, it would be bigger news. it's been kind of weird that NO has basically wanted to get rid of ingram before having to decide to pay him, and they're hurting his value by dragging it out.

 

Luka will be 27 when his contract expires

 

Luka will take the super max and never see anything outside Dallas for a long time.